Past tense of suspend
regular verb
The past tense of suspend is suspended. The past participle is also suspended.
Forms of suspend
| Base form (V1) | suspend /səsˈpɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | suspended /səˈspɛndɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | suspended /səˈspɛndɪd/ |
| Present participle | suspending |
| Third person singular | suspends |
Suspended in a sentence
- The meeting was suspended for lunch.
- Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms.2020 August 26, “Network News: Major flood damage severs key Edinburgh-Glasgow rail artery”, in Rail, page 21
- Your account will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.From the entry indefinite
- Pending the outcome of the investigation, the police officer is suspended from duty.From the entry pending
- The accused received a suspended sentence, which many saw as a let-off.From the entry let-off
Meaning of suspend
- verb To halt something temporarily.
- verb To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- verb To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
Questions about the past tense of suspend
- What is the past tense of suspend?
- The past tense of suspend is suspended.
- What is the past participle of suspend?
- The past participle of suspend is suspended.
- Is suspend a regular or irregular verb?
- Suspend is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suspend (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of suspend.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/suspend. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.